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UEP trustee files year-end report
... have allowed trust assets to be distributed to the beneficiaries without litigation. It also blames some members of the FLDS Church with impeding settlement of the trust, in part by hiring seven law firms in 2009 alone. "These attorneys have filed ... Comment?
Justices to hear FLDS emergency petition over asset sale
... directed the case since 2005, when the trust was taken away from sect control amid allegations of mismanagement. The FLDS are seeking stays on rulings related to sealed filings that discuss the trust's future, and those that barred sect members from ... Comment?
Court order buys more time for FLDS
... granted the motion that will allow for repurchase of cows previously sold, until the petition is heard in court. The FLDS petition stated that the emergency relief is being sought in regard to a court order that authorized the sale of assets claimed ... Comment?
Utah high court grants FLDS request for emergency hearing
... beneficiaries' needs, the petition states. The reformed trust and its secular management also make it impossible for FLDS members to exercise a central tenet of their religion: organizing their lives in a communal "Holy United Order." The sect filed ... Comment?
Polygamous sect seeks to stop sale of farm
... said he did not expect there to be much interest in the property and that it would likely end up being sold to Knudson. FLDS attorneys argue Wisan's plan rigs the bidding process to favor Knudson and violates the judge's order for bids that make a ... Comment?
Arizona Wants To Dissolve Polygamist Trust
... would protect residents of Hildale, Colorado City and Bountiful from losing their homes because of lawsuits against the FLDS. But there is now new litigation involving the court-appointed trustee and his actions. (c) UPI Comment?
... stop near Las Vegas a year earlier. Based in the twin communities of Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah, the FLDS church teaches that plural marriage is instrumental to salvation. It is not affiliated with the mainstream Mormon religion, which ... Comment?
Arizona says liquidating property trust may be best option for polygamous community
... the court takeover of the trust in 2005, saying the action would protect residents from losing their homes after the FLDS failed to answer lawsuits targeting the trust's assets. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff also alleged previous trustees ... Comment?
Lawmaker proud to be target of FLDS compound's ire
... Christ of Latter Day Saints. He authored new laws in 2005 to send a message to those who built and inhabit a small FLDS city in his district: Don't mess with Texas. The trials of 10 men from the Yearning for Zion Ranch compound near Eldorado are ... Comment?
In 2005, after a 10-year hiatus, Rose Beecham reappeared to write Grave Silence , followed by two more mysteries, Sleep of Reason and Place of Exile . Comment?
Polygamist predicts opponents will be 'damned'
Polygamist predicts opponents will be 'damned' Winston Blackmore makes his way into a press conference in the community of Bountiful near Creston, B.C., January 8, 2009. Comment?
Lawmaker not fazed by FLDS ire
... Christ of Latter Day Saints. He authored new laws in 2005 to send a message to those who built and inhabit a small FLDS city in his district: Don't mess with Texas. The trials of 10 men from the Yearning for Zion Ranch compound near Eldorado are ... Comment?
FLDS: State pleased with sentence - Another sect member to go on trial in January
... had sat there regularly for more than a week to follow Keate's fate. Lead defense attorney Randy Wilson went to the FLDS members after Keate was escorted to the nearby Schleicher County Jail. Wilson embraced one of the older FLDS members. 'I'm ... Comment?
Safety Net gets new roadmap for helping youth
... the bottom of why they left," Merkley said. Shannon Price, director of The Diversity Foundation, has worked with many FLDS teenagers, primarily offering them educational help. She said guidelines are a good idea but anything more than an "incredibly ... Comment?
Accused polygamist's 25 brides included four who were 15: Affidavit
... of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Since 2002, he has led a breakaway group from the FLDS, which itself is a sect unrelated to the mainstream Mormon church, which renounced polygamy in 1890. All of the under-aged ... Comment?
Warren Jeffs: Prophet or monster?
... by a church trust. And how he demands unquestioning obedience. Utah Attorney-General Mark Shurtleff has likened the FLDS to the Taliban in Afghanistan, while Arizona Attorney-General Terry Goddard calls him a tyrant. Jeffs became prophet after his ... Comment?
Texas Polygamist Gets 33 Years for Child Sex Abuse
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The Associated Press 15 comments This July 28, 2008 photo released by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Allen Eugene Keate.... This July 28, 2008 photo released by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Allen Eugene Keate. Comment?
Polygamist gets 33 years on sex charges
... bride. State prosecutor Angela Goodwin said during Keate's trial that Keate, 57, and his teenage victim appeared before FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs and the victim was told to remain close with Keate. "She offered up just a little bit of resistance, ... Comment?
Member of Polygamist Group Sentenced to 33 Years
The Texas attorney general's office says a 57-year-old member of a polygamist group has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the sexual assault of a child. Comment?
FLDS member sentenced in sexual abuse trial
... been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the sexual assault of a child. Allan Eugene Keate is the second member of the FLDS church to be convicted of the charge. He was found guilty on Tuesday for his "spiritual marriage" to a 15-year-old girl, who ... Comment?